For the People Act and the Freedom to Vote Act (H.R. 1 and S. 2747) both included provisions to ban partisan gerrymandering and require independent redistricting commissions. These bills were introduced and passed by Democrats in the House in both 2019 and 2021. That deserves credit. They made the attempt. But in the Senate, Republicans used the filibuster to block debate. The bills never even got to a vote. Democrats did not have the 60 votes needed, and moderate Democrats like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to weaken the filibuster to get the legislation through.
The Redistricting Reform Act of 2024 (S. 3750) stalled in committee. It aimed to prevent mid-decade redistricting and enforce fair map standards. But it never made it to the floor. Republicans would not back it, and it quietly died without action.
The Fair Representation Act (H.R. 3863) tried to require independent commissions, ranked choice voting, and multi-member districts to increase fairness. It never left the House Judiciary Committee. Most Republicans opposed it entirely, and even some Democrats refused to push it forward.
The bottom line is this. Democrats made serious efforts at reform. They passed bills in the House and attempted to move them in the Senate. Republicans killed them using Senate rules. Some Democrats also stood in the way by defending the filibuster. Both parties share some blame, but Democrats deserve credit for putting actual reform on paper and voting for it. Republicans have offered nothing.
It is literally your political party wanting to gerrymander.
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Kevin Kiley
@KevinKileyCA
I've received tremendous support from Republicans in Congress for my bill to limit redistricting to the beginning of each decade.
This will save California taxpayers the $250 million Newsom plans to spend on his fraudulent ballot measure.
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